Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
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Anne Applebaum: The Malaysia Airlines crash is the end of Russia’s fairy tale
Pavel Gubarev, the Russian-backed leader of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic, walks amid the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 18.
Before there is any further discussion of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, it’s important that one point be made absolutely clear: This plane crash is a result of the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, an operation deliberately designed to create legal, political and military chaos. Without this chaos, a surface-to-air missile would not have been fired at a passenger plane.
